There is no doubt that Fonseca is one of the most beloved singers in Colombia. His music, a mix of pop with folk rhythms from his country, has managed to conquer the hearts of thousands of people who fall in love with the musical themes of the ‘You’re my dream’ singer.
Their songs have been so successful that they have won several Latin Grammy Awards. Precisely, one of his most recognized and applauded songs is ‘I send you flowers’. This song, which is more than two decades old, was a composition by Fonseca to dedicate to his wife Juliana, who at that time was studying in Spain .
The history of the song ‘I send you flowers’
In an interview for Tropicana’s “The Other Interview” podcast, The singer said that ‘I send you flowers’ was written to Juliana and that she helped him write the final part of the song.
During the conversation, he commented that since it was dedicated to his wife, part of the song included her name, but due to a decision he made in the studio, he ended up changing that part to “Mariana.”
“In the part that says ‘a daisy called…’ and putting Juliana on it was too much for me, so in the studio we decided that ‘Mariana’, Mariana is Juliana,” commented the singer .
Precisely with this name, “Mariana”, a paranormal story emerges behind the song as the Colombian artist revealed, when mentioning that in the place where they recorded the song, there had lived a girl who died from an illness, and that her name was precisely that.
“In the studio where I recorded ‘Te Send Flores’, which is Bernardo Ossa’s apartment, a girl named Mariana got sick and died there before,” she revealed to the podcast.
According to the ‘Arroyito’ singer, this story impressed him, since when he was recording the song, the name “Mariana” arose completely spontaneously and it was at three in the morning.
“The father later told me that story and it impacted me a lot, because it was in that apartment, at three in the morning, literally, that I said ‘Mariana’,” confessed the interpreter of ‘Te Mando Flores’ about the paranormal story that there would be behind.
Fonseca’s story surprised his followers
The supernatural story that Fonseca told generated diverse reactions among the artist’s followers. Without a doubt, the beautiful story of a man in love who writes a song to his beloved, who is thousands of kilometers away, is enriched by the supernatural experience that Fonseca had when recording the song ‘Te sending flowers’ and that It also adds a touch of mystery to the musical theme.
In a recent interview for the magazine “Rolling Stone” in Spanish, Fonseca recounted the fruits that ‘Te Send Flores’ has left him: “It is a before and after that led me to set foot on foreign stages, and that was born and took shape Throughout my time through different rural areas of Colombia which in some way also permeated its essence: the Tolimense countryside and Valledupar.”
